DOMAIN 11: FRONTIER EXPLORERS
Teachers Guide
Sentences and Fragments
1.__F__wanted to go west
2.___S_Daniel Boone wanted to find new places to live.
3.__F__good hunter and woodman
4.__S__The trailblazers led the group of settlers through the forest.
5.__S__The woodsman went out into the wilderness.
6.___S_The Native Americans taught the settlers many things.
Directions: Change the fragments into sentences.
1. Daniel Boone wanted to find new places to live.
2. The trailblazers led the group of settlers through the forest.
3. The woodsman went out into the wilderness.
4. The Native Americans taught the settlers many things.
Sentence Expansion
The Wilderness Road was important.
Where? through the Appalachian Mountains
Why? allowed many people to travel
What (did they do)? transport supplies
Expanded Sentence: Through the Appalachian Mountains, the Wilderness Road was important because it
allowed many people to travel and transport supplies.
Conjunctions: but, because, so
Directions: Complete the following sentences.
Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase New Orleans because he wanted to make sure that Americans
would always be able to get to the Mississippi River..
Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase New Orleans, but it was owned by France.
Thomas Jefferson wanted to purchase New Orleans, so he sent James Monroe to France to ask the
French to sell it to America.
The Mississippi River was important because the ships could travel up and down the river to bring goods
to people in the western part of America.
The Mississippi River was important but America did not own it.
The Mississippi River was important so Jefferson knew he had to buy it from France.
Scrambled Sentences
explore Clark wanted Louisiana and territory the Lewis to Jefferson
Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to explore the Lousiana Territory.
water route ocean pacific to Jefferson wanted find Lewis a to the
Jefferson wanted Lewis to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
Lewis samples Jefferson plants wanted to animals collect and of
Jefferson wanted Lewis to collect samples of plants and animals.
Lewis make wanted friends Americans with native to Jefferson the
Jefferson wanted Lewis to make friends with the Native Americans.
and Clark not for home months Lewis return would
Lewis and Clark would not return home for months.
would find have food they own to their
They would have to find their own food.
would have build own shelter Clark their Lewis to and
Lewis and Clark would have to build their own shelter.
speak Americans to Native had they to the would
They would have to speak to the Native Americans.
4 Sentence Types
Topic: Sacagawea
.Statement
Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark on their journey through the West.
?Question
Who was Sacagawea?
Quick Outline for Parts of Paragraph
TS: Jefferson wanted to learn more about the Louisiana Territory.
1. plants/ animals/ wondering
2. all water route / Pacific Ocean
3. friends / Native Americans
CS: Jefferson asked Lewis and Clark to make the trip.